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Multifunctional Floor Pods

  • US 20080196334A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2006
  • Published: 08/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An in-door multifunctional floor pod of variable height adapted to provide utilities, comprising:

  • a vertically movable bollard, watertight in its retracted or distended state, inserted in a housing in a floor, said bollard having an outer structure adapted to present utility connections,said outer structure having a top surface,said top surface of said outer structure forming a flush surface with said floor when said bollard is retracted, andan upper and lower sealing lip adapted to provide a watertight seal when said bollard is retracted or distended,an inner structureadapted to receive utilities from connections running beneath a floor and having a powered actuator which vertically moves said bollard.

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